MGH Research Institute

Phlebotomy Training for Clinical Research Coordinators

Ended: May 2, 2019

The Division of Clinical Research (DCR) is offering Phlebotomy Training for Clinical Research Coordinators. Offered monthly through the DCR, these trainings will provide a review of the fundamentals of phlebotomy as well as a guided practice session where attendees will practice drawing blood on a mannequin arm.

Participants will be required to complete their clinical experience and competency assessment under the supervision of qualified staff members within their own research settings.

Please note: practice draws on the mannequin arm will not count towards the number of successful blood draws required to complete the phlebotomy competency assessment.

This two-hour training is limited to 8 individuals to facilitate interaction.

Anonymous: I would appreciate more practice finding veins on people and working with the dummy to get a feel for how you want to hold the needle, etc. If it is not possible to condense the information part of the class, I would be interested in a second, entirely practice-based class.

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Date Reviewed: Nov. 13, 2018, 2:32 p.m.

Anonymous: Great course! More practice drawing blood would help students out a lot.

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Date Reviewed: Nov. 13, 2018, 2:13 p.m.

Anonymous: I think the course should devote some time to actually listing out the steps in drawing blood and ensuring the class understands before practicing on the dummy. I understand there's a variety of "styles" but I believe many people in my group would have benefited from a more rules-based approach. It would have been nice to also practice finding veins on real people (even if you can't draw their blood) and to touch on any methods to help patients feel more calm while having their blood drawn.

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Date Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2018, 3:58 p.m.

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Date Reviewed: Oct. 26, 2018, 12:54 p.m.

Anonymous: I wish there was more practice. Most of the time was spent going over what we already learned in the online Healthstream training. I only got to try drawing blood once.

Anonymous: As it was my first time ever learning about the practical phlebotomy skills, I wish there had more instruction or more information about what we are looking for when we draw blood from a person. Before taking part in the simulation I would have appreciated a moment to hear about what I'd be looking for if it was an actual person.

Anonymous: I liked how the class was small, so each student got individual attention at some point in the course.

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Date Reviewed: Aug. 10, 2018, 11:52 a.m.

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Date Reviewed: Aug. 8, 2018, 1:22 p.m.

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Date Reviewed: Aug. 8, 2018, 1:06 p.m.

Alyssa P: Excellent course! The instructor was professional and thorough yet approachable, course was kept to an appropriate length. The only thing I'd like to see added to the content is practicing a blood draw on a real volunteer after practicing on the dummy arm several times, but I understand that that may not be possible. I just took the ECG training and liked being able to practice on an actual person, but ECG is lower risk and non-invasive.

Anonymous: A lot of the content was similar to what was online in HealthStream, but it was clear and succinct. Instructor was patient and helpful. I would have liked to practice more on others in the session, although I understand that might not be feasible due to sanctions. Overall, very informative!

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Date Reviewed: Aug. 2, 2018, 5:49 p.m.

Anonymous: The instruction for automatic machines was "ask your department." Would have been helpful to try the system at MGH, even if it changed later on.

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Date Reviewed: Aug. 2, 2018, 10:47 a.m.

Anonymous: One arm for 10 people was too few. We only got to practice once.

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Date Reviewed: Aug. 2, 2018, 10:46 a.m.

Anonymous: I didn't find the class very helpful. We only did one practice stick with the mannequin and that was it. I would have liked for the instructor to speak in very specific detail about exactly what to do, and to explain more the reasoning behind each step. I feel entirely unprepared to draw blood.

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Date Reviewed: Aug. 2, 2018, 8:43 a.m.

Anonymous: The instructor was very kind, patient, and informative and the slideshow was comprehensive.

Anonymous: Wish the course was longer so we had more time to practice on fake arm. Instructors were thorough, informative yet laid back, which I really liked. Made me comfortable, even though I was nervous for my first time.

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Date Reviewed: May 3, 2018, 4:15 p.m.

Anonymous: Wish I had more than one opportunity to practice on the dummy arm. Instructors very thorough and approachable.

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Date Reviewed: May 3, 2018, 3:55 p.m.

Anonymous: Not very helpful- instructor/powerpoint portion was too laid back and uninformative. Didn't have much practice time with fake arm either.

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Date Reviewed: May 3, 2018, 2:36 p.m.

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Date Reviewed: April 18, 2018, 2:11 p.m.

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Date Reviewed: April 9, 2018, 3:45 p.m.

Anonymous: Would be great to practice a real blood draw, but great otherwise.

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Date Reviewed: March 20, 2018, 12:58 p.m.

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Date Reviewed: March 20, 2018, 12:51 p.m.

Anonymous: I learned a lot and feel good moving forward! Practicing a blood draw on a human would have been very helpful though.

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Date Reviewed: March 20, 2018, 11:54 a.m.

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Date Reviewed: Feb. 3, 2018, 3:14 p.m.

Anonymous: I learned a lot! Solid introduction to phlebotomy.

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Date Reviewed: Jan. 17, 2018, 11:52 a.m.

Anonymous: Would be helpful to spend more time on feeling for and finding real, human veins instead of just going through steps once on the dummy arm. Spent a lot of time on tying tourniquets over finding the vein on different people